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hairless

hairless

26 1.7
Having no fur or small threads that grow on the skin
  • adjective
  • /ˈhɛr.ləs/
translation icon : sin pelo
  • Sammy's wife Annie posed behind the tiny hairless mouse, slightly out of focus.

So you're like almost like a hairless cat in a way, right?

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Examples

  • Your skin is so smooth and soft, like a baby, and it's hairless.

  • The teacher was a round little man, hairless and pink of face.

    Fiction book (1997)
  • Now, two years later, the leg was all right, although hairless and a little weaker than the other.

    Fiction book (1995)
  • His skin was bright yellow, his head was hairless, and his extremities were wasted.

    Academic text (2010)
  • Her legs were pale and hairless; her knees pressed hard against the floor.

    Fiction book (1993)
  • Today I brought in a hairless Holstein calf from a dairy farm.

  • Posed in her mirror, his blond, nearly hairless body was corded with muscle.

    Fiction book (1994)
  • The body is smooth and hairless, and presented as totally vulnerable and exposed" (59).

    Academic text (1997)
  • You could see where the whiskers stuck out of the groundhog's nose, its hairless gray belly.

    Fiction book (1997)
  • The cat was hairless after undergoing a special treatment for its skin.

Synonyms

bald
vshairless
280 1.0

Having little or no hair on the head

is stricter about total absence rather than partial thinness
furless
vshairless
1 3.0

Not having any fur or hair on the body

is the neutral description for absence of such coat
nonhairy
vshairless
5.8

A part of the body that has no hair

is the standard neutral term for that same state
depilous
vshairless
  • Specialized
9.9

Having no hair on the body

is the general term covering absence not necessarily total
alopecic
vshairless
  • Specialized
9.9

Having lost hair, wool, or feathers

is the plain descriptive state without medical implication
bald as a billiard ball
vshairless
  • Archaic
7.2

Having no hair on the head

is a neutral description rather than an idiomatic strong phrase
follicly challenged
vshairless
  • Informal
9.1

Having little or no hair on the head

is the neutral technical term without joking tone

Antonyms

134 1.0

Having a lot of hair on the body or surface

52 1.0

Covered with soft thick hair like an animal

Compounds

1 8.1

A small dog from Mexico with little or no fur and smooth skin

How Hairy

hairy
134 1.0
baldish
5.8
hairless
26 1.7

Surface Forms

hairless positive

Morphology

hairless = hair (transparent) = hair + less

The meaning 'without hair' is directly and transparently derived from the noun 'hair' plus the productive suffix '-less'.

Etymology

Hairless is simply hair + -less, where -less means 'without'. So, hairless literally says 'without hair', which is why it means having no hair or fur.